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    I am still waiting on my developer to finish up on the Classifieds Control Panel so I can use it to encourage members into becoming paying members. Google Adsense has become a real burden on the viewing of this site, but honestly it is the ONLY source of income now that keeps it afloat. I tried offering disabling the ads being viewed by paying members, but apparently that is not enough incentive. Quite frankly, Google Adsense has dropped down to where it barely brings in enough daily to match even a single paid member per day. But it still gets the bills paid. But at what cost?

    So even without the classifieds control panel being complete, I believe I am going to have to disable those Google ads completely and likely disable some options here that have been free since going to the new platform. Like classified ad bumping, member name changes, and anything else I can use to encourage this site to be supported by the members instead of the Google Adsense ads.

    But there is risk involved. I will not pay out of pocket for very long during this last ditch experimental effort. If I find that the membership does not want to support this site with memberships, then I cannot support your being able to post your classified ads here for free. No, I am not intending to start charging for your posting ads here. I will just shut the site down and that will be it. I will be done with FaunaClassifieds. I certainly don't need this, and can live the rest of my life just fine without it. If I see that no one else really wants it to survive neither, then so be it. It goes away and you all can just go elsewhere to advertise your animals and merchandise.

    Not sure when this will take place, and I don't intend to give any further warning concerning the disabling of the Google Adsense. Just as there probably won't be any warning if I decide to close down this site. You will just come here and there will be some sort of message that the site is gone, and you have a nice day.

    I have been trying to make a go of this site for a very long time. And quite frankly, I am just tired of trying. I had hoped that enough people would be willing to help me help you all have a free outlet to offer your stuff for sale. But every year I see less and less people coming to this site, much less supporting it financially. That is fine. I tried. I retired the SerpenCo business about 14 years ago, so retiring out of this business completely is not that big if a step for me, nor will it be especially painful to do. When I was in Thailand, I did not check in here for three weeks. I didn't miss it even a little bit. So if you all want it to remain, it will be in your hands. I really don't care either way.

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    Some people have indicated that finding the method to contribute is rather difficult. And I have to admit, that it is not all that obvious. So to help, here is a thread to help as a quide. How to become a contributing member of FaunaClassifieds.

    And for the record, I will be shutting down the Google Adsense ads on January 1, 2025.
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Got a baby Halmahera Blue tongue!

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Another great purchase from the Repticon this past weekend was a baby Blue Tongue Skink!
I've only had him a day, and know he probably needs more time to settle but I tried to feed him a snail, which I've heard is an irresistible snack for them, but he didn't seem interested at all. I did take him out of the tank to feed, should I leave some food in his bowl instead?
Would love to meet and hear all about these guys from you other skink owners:)
 
Congratulations on your new skink, sometime take a picture and let us see.
I had adult blue tongue skinks at one time and they are awesome.
I'd give your baby time to settle and meanwhile research on this site about baby skinks. I don't think I ever took my adults out to feed them, but I don't think it would have mattered as they were good eaters.
 
Not a skink expert, but sometimes removing an animal from their environment scares them, making them not want to eat. And on the flip side, if they are not afraid, they may be too curious and want to explore rather than eat. I don't remove animals from their enclosures to feed unless I have a good reason.
 
Okay I will definately keep him in the tank from now on, but like I said it's day one with him in the new tank so nothing to stress about yet. I'm just worried that since they eat very perishable foods like veggies and wet dog food that they won't eat it in time for it to still be good and it will go to waste
 
Congrats!

I actually just picked up a baby Halmahera last week!
He is about 2 months old.

I wouldn't worry about eating for the first few days. Mine didn't eat at all for the first couple days, but did drink water.

Today he finally ate! I was holding him in my hand and offered him a small plate of Wild Buffalo dog food and he took down a couple mouthfuls.

Yours will eat. just need to give em' some time :)
 
Thanks all! I also have some questions about temp and humidity. It seems Luke every skink species is different with these needs.. I have his basking spot at 95 and humidity at 50 right now.. is that good? Should t change?
 
95 is an appropriate basking temperature. Just make sure the skink has a cool area as well. The humidity you are providing is correct as well.
 
Well my baby finally did eat the other day.. but almost a week after I got him. I left food in the tank but he never seemed to notice it. I've never seen him out, he is always buried.. probably because he's still scared since this is all so new.
Took me so long to find him the other day since he was buried so well in the substrate! LOL. He ate dogfood and collard greens right out of my hand when he ate the first time and it was adorable! He also has shed and he has turned from a grey and black color to a brown and black color!
He got very feisty the other day when I tried to handle him, but today I went in at a very slow approach and just pet him a lot first and he only hissed at me once and when he was awake and comfortable enough to move around i just scooped him up and he did awesome. He is still very scared of everything but progressing very very well!
 
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